Virus Questions

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Originally posted by Piet Bloubul
I had one of my e mails returned, stating there was a ==W32/Netsky.J@mm-- virus in the mail.

Question, what does it do, how does it get in my pc when i've got Norton firewall ?

I'm running a check now to see if i can find and delete it, any advise on this please.

took me three rebuilds to rid myself of viruses, only to find my ISP firewall lets them in.

I picked this up off the web and only after doing this did i finally beat it i was busy fighting netsky, beagle and welchia all at once and i kept re-infecting myself from my backups, after you do that below make sure your virus protection is up to date and active before tackling email or the internet.

- geez good luck

You must go into your virus protection folder and delete anything being held in quarantine. Then do the system restore stuff and run the removal tool and then There is one thing you must do that is not listed in the removal directions. (It seems long but you just have to open many folders to get to the one with the virus still in it.)Here goes: right click on start button and click on "explore", double click on the "c drive", double click on "windows", double click on "system 32, double click on "config", double click on "system profile", double click on "local settings" (if you don't see it, click on "tools", select "folder options", select "view", and click in the box that says to show all hidden folders), double click on "temp internet files", double click on "content.IE5". You will see 4 folders. You must open each of these folders and delete any file called "wkspatch". Then empty your trash and restart your computer. I was having no luck removing this virus until I did this. It hasn't failed yet.

Robbie's answer worked. I deleted all the folders. As for slimjimmy11, try restarting in Safe Mode & then delete.